Overview
Roy L. Mason has been practicing law for more than 40 years. He joined Milberg in 2019 as Co-Chair of the firm’s Environmental Department.
Mr. Mason served as Senior Partner at Montedonico & Mason, a firm of approximately 50 lawyers, and became managing Partner of Mason, Ketterman & Cawood, which later became Mason, Cawood & Hobbs. In 2010, he founded The Law Offices of Roy L. Mason, PA, which he ran successfully until 2015, when he founded Smouse & Mason, LLC.
In addition to serving as Co-Chair of Milberg’s Environmental Department, Mr. Mason serves on the board of the Chesapeake Legal Alliance, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to using the law to improve the quality of the Chesapeake Bay.
He has been named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers Association and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer since the group’s inception.
Publications
Throughout his career, Mr. Mason has co-authored numerous publications, including:
- “Maryland Courts Still Wrestling with Medical Malpractice Issues Raised in 1890,” The Daily Record
- “Practicing Before the Md. HCA: Some Question Need for System,” The Daily Record
- “Legal Concerns in Trauma Nursing,” Trauma Nursing (1988)
- “Cleaning Up Afterwards and reducing the threat of litigation,” Bailliere’s Clinical Anesthesiology (1993)
Practice Areas
Education
- J.D., Catholic University of America, 1975
Bar Admissions
- District of Maryland, 1976
- District of Columbia, 1977
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Awards
- National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- Super Lawyers, 2008-2023
Professional Activities
- Chesapeake Legal Alliance, Board Member